What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.
TERESA OF AVILAFor pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Be kind to all and severe to thyself.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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After you die, you wear what you are.
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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
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May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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